CPSC Grill Safety Tips

Okay, backyard chefs, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has some safety tips to follow when using gas or charcoal grills. Each year about 30 people are injured as a result of gas grill fires and explosions. Many of these fires and explosions occur when consumers first use a grill that has been left idle for a period of time or just after refilling and reattaching the grill's gas container. Charcoal produces carbon monoxide (CO) when it is burned. CO is a colorless, odorless gas that can accumulate to toxic levels in closed environments. Each year about 30 people die and 100 are injured as a result of CO fumes from charcoal grills and hibachis used inside. We have excerpted the CPSC grill safety tips, find them here.

Is Your Tap Water Safe? Do You Need Bottled Water?

Lately, there has been considerable discussion about the purity and environmental impact of bottled water. You might find Lori Bongiorno's February article on Yahoo Green useful to help you decide what's best for you. She says, "The general consensus is that tap water is a safe, healthy, and economical choice for most Americans. What's more, experts say it's preferable to bottled water." The article includes websites for various resources to check the quality of your local water and has a discussion of things to consider and resources for information regarding the use of water filters to get rid of contaminants or improve the taste of your water.

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Clean a Remote Control 

Think about it. You, and your other household members, probably touch the remote controls for the TV, DVD player, cable box, etc. dozens of times a week. This is not a comment on your hygiene of course, but even the cleanest hands can transport dirt, dust and debris to the remote control. Clean it regularly to help it function properly and to protect you and others from easily transmitted sicknesses. Cleaning the remote is relatively easy, but you have to be extremely careful not to damage the battery contacts or the circuits or it will stop working. See two ways to clean a remote.

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Window Washing Hints

Summer rains and water sprinklers often leave streaky windows. If you use vertical strokes when washing windows outside and horizontal for inside windows it is easy to tell which side still has streaks. Generally, straight vinegar will get outside windows really clean, but be sure to be careful of shrubbery or flowers underneath. Wash your windows on an average day. An extremely hot, sunny day can dry the panes too quickly and just leave more of the very streaks you want to get rid of. Newspapers seem to work very well for drying windows. They are lint free and the ink seems to make windows shine.

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NEWS 

On May 28, 2009 CNNMoney staff writer wrote "April sales are a sign to some economists that the worst of the housing downturn may be over. Sales of newly constructed homes were almost flat in April -- but in a sickly housing market, economists saw a few reasons for hope." The Commerce Department said new home sales ticked up 0.3% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 352,000. That was from a downwardly revised reading of 351,000 in March. See the complete article here.

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Fast Facts

• An acre is a plot of land with an area of 43,560 square feet (4047 sq meter)

• A US gallon (.8 imp gal) of water weighs 8.34 lbs (3.78 kg)

• An inch (2.4 cm) of rain per acre (4.405 hectare) equals 27,152 gallons (21,722 imp gal)

• The weight of one gallon of water on one acre = 22,6448 lbs = 113 tons (102,715 kg/114,813 imp tons)

• One mile is 5280 feet and hence a square mile has area 5280 x 5280 = 27,878,400 square feet (2.59 sq km) 
  

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